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1. 12V 13 mA typical 19 mA max 12V 17 mA typical 23 mA max Analog Input A D Converter Type AD1674J Resolution 12 bits Ranges 5V A D Pacing Software polled A D Triggering Modes Digital Data Transfer Polarity Number of Channels A D Conversion Time Throughput Relative Accuracy Differential Linearity Error Integral Linearity Error No Missing Codes Guaranteed Gain drift A D specs Zero drift A D specs Input Leakage Current Input Impedance Absolute Maximum Input Voltage Noise Distribution Bipolar 5V Software polling of digital input followed by pacer loading and configuration Software polled Bipolar 8 single ended 10us 40KHz typical PC dependent 1LSB No Missing Codes guaranteed 1 LSB 12 bits 180ppm C 60ppm C 60 nA max ove temperature 10Meg Ohms min 35V Rate 1 50KHz Average 2 bins Average 1 bin Average bins 100 10096 3 bins 15 Digital Input Output Digital Type Main connector Output Input Configuration Number of Channels Output High Output Low Input High Input Low Interrupts Interrupt Enable Interrupt Sources Counter Counter Type Configuration Clock Input Frequency High pulse Width clock input Low pulse Width clock input Gate Width High Gate Width Low Input Low Voltage Input High Voltage Output Low Voltage Output High Voltage Environmental Operating Temperature Range Storage Temperature Range Hu2. CyDAS Series CyDAS 8P 12 Bit 8 Channel 40 kHz A D Board Metrabyte DAS 8 Compatible USER S MANUAL VER 2 JAN 2001 No part of this manual may be reproduced without permission CyberResearch Inc www cyberresearch com 25 Business Park Dr Branford CT 06405 USA 203 483 8815 9am to 5pm EST FAX 203 483 9024 OCopyright 2001 All Rights Reserved January 2001 The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve reliability design and function and does not represent a commitment on the part of CyberResearch Inc In no event will CyberResearch Inc be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the product or documentation even if advised of the possibility of such damages This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical electronic or other means in any form without prior written permission of CyberResearch Inc TRADEMARKS CyberResearch CyDAS 8P and CyDAS 8 are trademarks of CyberResearch Inc Other product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective companies e NOTICE CyberResearch Inc does not authorize any CyberResearch product for use in l
3. DIN2 26 7 DOUT1 DIN3 27 8 DOUT2 DGND 28 9 DOUT3 5V 29 10DOUT4 CH7 30 11 DGND CH6 31 12 LLGND CH5 32 13 LLGND CH4 33 14 LLGND CH3 34 15 LLGND CH2 35 16 LLGND CH1 36 17 LLGND CHO 37 18 LLGND 19 10VREF 3 2 CONNECTING SIGNALS TO THE CYDAS 8P The simplest way to connect signals to the CyDAS 8P is via the CBL 37xx series cable and the CySTP 37 screw terminal board The CyDAS 8P via the CBL 37xx cable is also compatible with a wide variety of external signal conditioning boards These include the CyEXP 16 CyEXP 32 CyEXP RTD CyEXP BRG and CySTA 5 08 This page is deliberately left blank 4 ANALOG CONNECTIONS This section is designed to help you achieve the optimum performance from your CyDAS 8P series board Please note that the CyDAS 8P inputs are single ended only In some applications this may make the CyDAS 8P less suitable than a board that provides differential inputs A single ended input measures the voltage between the input signal and ground In this case in single ended mode the CyDAS 8P measures the voltage between the input channel and LLGND The single ended input configuration requires only one physical connection wire per channel and allows the CyDAS 8P to monitor more channels than the 2 wire differential configuration using the same connector and onboard multiplexer However since the CyDAS 8P is measuring the input voltage relative to its own low level ground single ended inputs are more susceptible to bot
4. Windows will automatically detect the board as it starts up If the board s configuration file is already on the system it will load without user interaction If the configuration file is not detected you will be prompted to insert the disk containing it The required file is on the InstaCal or Universal Library disk you received with your board Simply insert the CD or Disk 1 if your software is on floppy disk into an appropriate drive and click on CONTINUE The appropriate file should then be automatically loaded and the PCI board will appear in the Device Manager under DAS Component If the file is not found on the first attempt use the browse function to select the drive that contains the InstaCAL or Univer sal Library disk select the CBxx INF file and then click on CONTINUE This page is deliberately left blank 3 HARDWARE CONNECTIONS 3 1 CONNECTOR PIN DIAGRAM The CyDAS 8P board uses male 37 pin D I O connector The CyDAS 8P is fully connector compatible with the CyDAS 8 and is easily connected to the same variety of external signal conditioning products The pinout of the connector is shown below Please make accurate notes and pay careful attention to wire connections In a large system a misplaced wire may create hours of work locating the problem Figure 3 1 37 Pin Connector Pinout 12V 20 1 12V CTR1 GATE 21 2 CTR1 CLK CTR2 GATE 22 3 CTR1 OUT CTR3 GATE 23 4 CTR2 CLK EXT INT 24 5 CTR2 OOUT DIN1 25 6 CTR3 OUT
5. expediency 1 Have the phone close to the PC so you can conveniently and quickly take action that the Applications Engineer might suggest 2 Be prepared to open your PC remove boards report back switch or jumper settings and possibly change settings before reinstalling the modules 3 Have a volt meter handy to take measurements of the signals you are trying to measure as well as the signals on the board module or power supply 4 Isolate problem areas that are not working as you expected 5 Have the source code to the program you are having trouble with available so that preceding and prerequisite modes can be referenced and discussed 6 Have the manual at hand Also have the product s utility disks and any other relevant disks nearby so programs and version numbers can be checked Preparation will facilitate the diagnosis procedure save you time and avoid repeated calls Here are a few preliminary actions you can take before you call which may solve some of the more common problems 1 Check the PC bus power and any power supply signals 2 Check the voltage level of the signal between SIGNAL HIGH and SIGNAL LOW or SIGNAL and SIGNAL It CANNOT exceed the full scale range of the board 3 Check the other boards in your PC or modules on the network for address and interrupt conflicts 4 Refer to the example programs as a baseline for comparing code 19 Warranty Notice CyberResearch Inc warrants that this eq
6. ING LANGUAGES 9 5 2 PACKAGED APPLICATION PROGRAMS 1 9 6 CYDAS 8P REGISTER DESCRIPTION 11 6 1 REGISTER OVERVIEW ge Ree eR E RR E ese Feed eee eles 11 6 2 BADRI 6 2 1 Interrupt Status and Control 6 22 Interrupt Source Select uso Up S epe da Ba A en 11 6 3 BADR2 rena ep it able UE ae ht eg se Ra e pid on ng e 12 6 3 1 A D DATA REGISTERS RN eek oS TRAE CERNI ee EAA 12 6 3 2 STATUS AND CONTROL REGISTER 12 6 3 3 8254 COUNTER 0 user COUNTER 1 DATA 12 6 3 4 8254 COUNTER 1 user COUNTER 2 DATA 12 6 3 5 8254 COUNTER 2 user COUNTER 3 DATA 12 6 3 6 8254 CONTROL REGISTER 4 RR RUPEE I HR PRU ee b 12 7 SPECIFICATIONS This page is deliberately left blank iv 1 INTRODUCTION The CyDAS 8P is a low cost analog input board for PCI bus compatible computers Offering eight single ended 12 bit analog inputs with sample rates up to 50 kHz and A D resolution of 2 44 mV The board also provides four digital output bits three digital input bits and three 16 bit down counters in the form of a single 82C54 chip The CyDAS 8P is connector compatible with CyberResearch s highly popular ISA base
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8. bits IRQ Interrupt status 1 positive edge detected on INT line 0 cleared by writing to BADR2 42h MUX2 0 Current Multiplexer channel binary coded between 0 and 7 OP4 1 Digital output bits INTE Interrupt enable to the PC bus 1 interrupts are enabled 0 disabled MUX2 0 Sets current Multiplexer channel binary coded between 0 and 7 Writes to this address also clear the interrupt status bit IRQ described above 6 3 3 8254 COUNTER 0 user COUNTER 1 DATA BADR2 04h READ WRITE 6 3 4 8254 COUNTER 1 user COUNTER 2 DATA BADR2 05h READ WRITE 6 3 5 8254 COUNTER 2 user COUNTER 3 DATA BADR2 06h READ WRITE 6 3 6 8254 CONTROL REGISTER BADR2 07h WRITE ONLY The control register is used to set the operating Modes of 8254 Counters 0 1 amp 2 A counter is configured by writing the correct Mode information to the Control Register then writing the proper count data to the specific Counter Register The Counters on the 8254 have 16 bits Since the interface to the 8254 is only 8 bits wide Count data is written to the Counter Register as two successive bytes Write the low byte first then the high byte The Control Register is 8 bits wide Further information can be obtained on the 8254 data sheet from Intel or Harris 14 7 SPECIFICATIONS Typical specifications for 25 degree C unless otherwise specified Power Consumption 5V Operating A D converting to FIFO 251 mA typical 436 mA max
9. d CyDAS 8 board and is supported by the same wide variety of external signal conditioning products The CyDAS 8P is completely plug and play There no switches jumpers or potentiometers on the board board addresses interrupt channels etc are set by your computer s plug and play software The CyDAS 8P is fully supported by the powerful Universal Library software driver library as well as a wide variety of application software packages including SoftWIRE DAS Wizard and Agilent VEE This page is deliberately left blank 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 SOFTWARE The simplest way to configure your board is to use the InstaCal program provided on the CD or floppy disk InstaCal will create a configuration file that your application software and the Universal Library will refer to so the software you use will automatically have access to the exact configuration of the board Please refer to the Extended Software Installation Manual regarding the installation and operation of InstaCal The following hard copy information is provided as a matter of completeness 22 HARDWARE The CyDAS 8P is completely plug and play There are no switches or jumpers to set before installing the board in your computer Simply follow the steps shown below to install your PCI hardware 1 Turn your computer off unplug it open it up and insert the PCI board into any available PCI slot 2 Close your computer up plug it back in and turn it on 3
10. for the CyDAS 8P you will not need to be concerned with BADRI address 6 2 1 Interrupt Status and Control BADRI 4Ch This register is 32 bits long Since the rest of the register has specific control functions they need to be masked off in order to access the interrupt control functions READ WRITE 31 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 X X PCIINT X X X INT INTPOL INTE INTE is the Interrupt Enable 0 disabled 1 enabled default INTPOL is the Interrupt Polarity 0 active low default 1 active high INT is the Interrupt Status 0 interrupt is not active 1 interrupt is active PCIINT is the PCI Interrupt Enable 0 disabled 1 2 Enabled default 6 2 2 Interrupt Source Select BADRI 50h This register as with all the 9052 registers is 32 bits long Therefore mask off the remaining bits in order to access the OUTO general purpose I O bit Bit 0 enables the OUTO function 0 enabled 1 disabled Set it to O Bit 1 selects the OUTO bit direction 0 input 1 output Set it to 1 OUTO selects the source for the interrupt OUTO 0 Interrupt input user connector OUTO 1 Interrupt input Counter 2 output 11 6 3 BADR2 In addition to the BADRI registers the CyDAS 8P uses eight consecutive addresses in the PCI I O space The table below summarizes this address map The remainder of this chapter has details on the function and usage of each of the registers Note tha
11. h EMI Electro Magnetic Interference and any ground noise at the signal source The following diagrams show the single ended input configuration Vs Vg2 Vgl LL GND To A D g2 Any voltage differential between grounds 91 and 02 shows up as an error signal at the input amplifier Single ended input with Common Mode Voltage 91 CH IN To A D LL GND p L 1 0 Connector Single Ended Input Figure 4 1 Single Ended Analog Input Theory WARNING If either the AC or DC voltage is greater than 5 volts do not connect the CyDAS 8P to this signal source You are beyond the boards usable input range and will need to either adjust your grounding system or add special Isolation signal conditioning to take useful measurements A ground offset voltage of more than 30 volts will likely damage the CyDAS 8P board and possibly your computer Note that an offset voltage much greater than 30 volts will not only damage your electronics but it may also be hazardous to your health This page is deliberately left blank 5 PROGRAMMING amp SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS Your CyDAS 8P is supported by the powerful Universal Library We strongly recommend that you take advantage of the Universal Library as your software interface The complexity of the registers required for automatic calibration combined with the PCI BIOS s dynamic allocation of addresses and internal resources makes the CyDAS 8P series very challenging to program via d
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13. irect register I O operations Direct I O programming should be attempted only by very experienced programmers Except for the registers required to implement plug and play the CyDAS 8P is compatible with the CyDAS 8 board registers However due to the dynamic nature of base addresses on the PCI bus software written at the register level for the CyDAS 8 board may not work reliably on the CyDAS 8P However software written based on the Universal Library will work with the CyDAS 8P with few or no changes 5 1 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES The Universal Library provides complete access to the CyDAS 8P functions from the full range of Windows programming languages If you are planning to write programs or would like to run the example programs for Visual Basic or any other language please turn now to the Universal Library manual 5 2 PACKAGED APPLICATION PROGRAMS Many packaged application programs such as SoftWIRE and Aglient VEE have drivers for the CyDAS 8P If the package you own does not appear to have drivers for the CyDAS 8P please fax or e mail the package name and the revision number from the install disks We will research the package for you and advise how to obtain CyDAS 8P drivers Some application drivers are included with the Universal Library package but not with the Application package If you have purchased an application package directly from the software vendor you may need to purchase our Universal Library and drivers Please c
14. midity 74 273 741 5244 3 fixed input 4 fixed output 7 3 94 volts min 24mA 4 5V 0 36 volts max 24mA Vcc 4 5V 2 0 volts min 7 volts absolute max 0 8 volts max 0 5 volts absolute min INTA mapped to IRQn via PCI BIOS at boot time Programmable through PCI controller 0 disabled 1 enabled default External source EXT INT polarity programmable through PCI controller 1 active high O active low default 82C54 82C54 device 3 down counters per 82C54 16 bits each 82C54 Counter 0 User Counter 1 Source Available at user connector CTRICLK Gate Available at user connector CTRIGATE Output Available at user connector CTRIOUT Counter 1 User Counter 2 Source Available at user connector CTR2CLK Gate Available at user connector CTR2GATE Output Available at user connector CTR2OUT Counter 2 User Counter 3 or Interrupt Pacer Source Buffered PCI Clock 33MHz divided by 8 Gate Available at user connector CTR3GATE Output Available at user connector CTR3OUT and may be software configured as Interrupt Pacer 10MHz max 30ns min 50ns min 50ns min 50ns min 0 8V max 2 0V min 0 4V max 3 0V min 0 to 50 C 20 to 70 C 0 to 90 non condensing 16 EC Declaration of Conformity We the manufacturer declare under sole responsibility that the product CYDAS 8P Low cost analog input board for the PCI bus Part Number Description to which this declarati
15. on relates meets the essential requirements is in conformity with and CE marking has been applied according to the relevant EC Directives listed below using the relevant section of the following EC standards and other normative documents EU EMC Directive 89 336 EEC Essential requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility EU 55022 Class B Limits and methods of measurements of radio interference characteristics of information technology equipment EN 50082 1 EC generic immunity requirements IEC 801 2 Electrostatic discharge requirements for industrial process measurement and control equipment IEC 801 3 Radiated electromagnetic field requirements for industrial process measurements and control equipment IEC 801 4 Electrically fast transients for industrial process measurement and control equipment This page is deliberately left blank 18 Product Service Diagnosis and Debug CyberResearch Inc maintains technical support lines staffed by experienced Applications Engineers and Technicians There is no charge to call and we will return your call promptly if it is received while our lines are busy Most problems encountered with data acquisition products can be solved over the phone Signal connections and programming are the two most common sources of difficulty CyberResearch support personnel can help you solve these problems especially if you are prepared for the call To ensure your call s overall success and
16. ontact CyberResearchfor more information on this topic This page is deliberately left blank 10 6 CyDAS 8P REGISTER DESCRIPTION 6 1 REGISTER OVERVIEW CyDAS 8P operation registers are mapped into I O address space Unlike ISA bus designs this board has several base addresses each corresponding to a reserved block of addresses in I O space As we mention in our programming chapter we highly recommend customers use the Universal Library package Direct register level programming should be done only by experienced programmers Of six Base Address Regions BADR available in the PCI 2 1 specification two are implemented in this design and are summarized as follows I O Region Function Operations BADRI PCI Controller Operation Registers 32 bit double word BADR2 General Control Status Registers 16 bit word BADRI will likely be different on different machines Assigned by the PCI BIOS these Base Address values cannot be guaranteed to be the same even on subsequent power on cycles of the same machine software must interrogate BADRI at run time with a READ CONFIGURATION WORD instruction to determine the BADRn values 6 2 BADRI BADRI is reserved for the 9052 PCI Controller operations There is no reason to access this region of I O space for most CyDAS 8P users The installation procedures and Universal Library access all required information in this area Unless you are writing direct register level software
17. t these registers are identical to those of the CyDAS 6 REGISTER READ FUNCTION WRITE FUNCTION BADR2 0 A D bits 9 12 LSB Start 8 bit A D Conversion BADR2 1 A D bits MSB 1 8 Start 12 bit A D Conversion BADR2 2 EOC IP1 3 IRQ Mux address OP1 4 INTE Mux address clear interrupt BADR2 3 Not Used Not Used BADR2 4 Read Counter 0 Data Write Counter 0 Data BADR2 5 Read Counter 1 Data Write Counter 1 Data BADR2 6 Read Counter 2 Data Write Counter 2 Data BADR2 7 No Readback Control Register 6 3 1 A D DATA REGISTERS BADR2 00h READ WRITE E e a Ar amio amm am2 o o 0 0 READ Contains the least significant four bits of the Analog input data WRITE Writing any data to this register causes an immediate 8 bit A D conversion BADR2 01h READ WRITE READ Contains the most significant byte of the analog input data The A D bits code correspond to the voltage on the input according to the table below DECIMAL HEX VOLTAGE INPUT 4095 FFF 5 Volts 2048 800 0 Volts 0 0 5 Volts WRITE Writing any data to this register causes an immediate 12 bit A D conversion 12 6 3 2 STATUS AND CONTROL REGISTER BADR2 02h READ He ed eI E EOC End of conversion 0 A D is not busy and data be read 1 A D is busy IP3 1 Digital input
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